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Hello The ORR's figures for 09/10 station usage are available (here) and also reported in the mainstream and specialist media. The data mainly comes from LENNON ticket sales via MOIRA (see report for detailed methodology). I wondered about adopting a little-used station by occasionally...

Well it is if you are in a 5-car Meridian and you sit in the First/Standard composite unit. This post comes from Coach D on the 0648 NOT-STP and I've not had to pay the £4 charge. (BTW have you seen EMT's charges, an annual season ticket for WiFi costs £425! How many 3G mobile boradband...

I've just received brilliant service from East Coast and I'd like to write direct to Elaine Holt so that the staff get some recognition. I'd been a total airhead and left my luggage on the train, realizing too late to get it myself but in time for it to be intercepted before the train reached...

The purpose of this thread is to ask members for creative ideas to keep passengers "on the rails" during the blockade of Nottingham station. Although the work is not planned until 2012/13, the opportunity to influence plans diminishes very quickly. Extensive re-signalling is planned for the...

(I’m probably going to regret starting this thread, don’t read it unless you like long stories, and apologies if this has been raised before, but here goes...) This is my understanding of the terms used to describe the way rolling stock is put together to form the trains we travel on. I’ve...

Hello I got an email today inviting me to take part in an online survey, "The Department for Transport is carrying out research amongst train customers looking at people's views on the next generation of trains - particularly what types of features would be of the greatest value to...

For those who are interested EMT have published their August stakeholder newsletter covering: Dec 09 timetable (improvements for Cromford, Whatstandwell, Aslockton) Train refurbishment (HST and 158 ) First Class lounges (Nottingham, and ticket access) Derby station refurbishment (nearly...

Network rail has published the Draft Route Utilization Strategy for the East Midlands including the Norwich Liverpool route http://www.networkrail.co.uk/ At the moment it is listed directly on the Network Rail homepage (if it gets moved off look at the RUS sections on the left-hand...

Hello A post out of idle curiosity, prompted as I sat on my regular 1630 from KGX looking at a Class 91. Are they ever operated blunt end first? Wikipedia suggests that, "An additional requirement of the design was that they could operate as normal locomotives. This led to a second cab...

Hello Ticket barriers seem to be around 2/3rds completed in the upper concourse for platforms 1-4 for EMT. Has anyone seen them who can give me a clue as to why they've been placed where they are (i.e. why the location, not why the need for the barriers). It looks like they will take away...

Hello Every day I take the train from Nottingham to London and I wonder why to the south of Nottingham the numbers on the yellow mile posts go up (first 125, then 126) and before they go down again. Is it really that the distances are measured from London and to begin with the train is...

Hello I'm looking for some expert help and opinion on timetable planning/design. 1. Is there enough information in the public domain to make a reasonable attempt at designing a timetable that would "prove the concept"? 2. What is considered best practice for mixing fast inter-city...